Former MSU baseball player Dan Van Cleve found dead

6:03 PM,
Oct. 3, 2013

Dan Van Cleve

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Former Mississippi State baseball player Dan Van Cleve was found dead Wednesday night in his home in Jackson, multiple sources confirmed to the Clarion-Ledger.

Van Cleve was the starting center fielder and leadoff hitter for the Bulldogs in 1985 which advanced to the College World Series in Omaha. "It's just shocking, absolutely shocking," MSU baseball coach John Cohen said. "All of us look up to him. When you follow MSU you see this guys, handsome, pre-med, you looked up to him." In addition to his 1985 College World Series trip, Van Cleve earned Academic All-American honors. He became a ...